Today I woke up bright and early at 6am. 3 hours before I needed to. However not long after some Thai people staying at the same hotel decided to put the music on from their coaches full blast. So random it was funny!
At 10 we headed to Erawan National Park. We made the 100km trip in these open back taxis. Top notch health and safety but it was too fun to really care. The breeze meant I didn't get travel sick either which is always good in my books!
Once we got there, we were told about the waterfalls. We were all really excited to swim in the pools at the different levels, until we had to climb to them. Level 4 was supposedly the best level and was 550 metres up.
It was pretty tough going getting up there, but totally worth it! In the pool, there were loads of fish that eat your feet. It was funny! The water was really clear though and a welcome relief after the climb.
The top level was level was level 7 at 1,420 metres, but I didn't have time to make it up there. A bit of a shame but oh well! I did get to level 5 at 1,120 metres though :)
It was all so pretty and a bit surreal swimming in a waterfall. How often are you allowed to do that in England??
We then climbed back down and ate lunch at the local restaurant. It seems some people in the group are getting a bit fed up of eating rice and noodles, which I get because there has been an awful lot! I guess it's like what chips are for us? Good thing I like rice and noodles though!
We then made the 100km ride back to the hotel in the open back taxis, and upon getting back I finally went in the pool! There was no sun left to sun bathe though...
In the evening we headed to an Italian restaurant (group vote) to get pizza. Oh wow, it was the most difficult thing in the world to order a pepsi and a pizza. It legit took 45 minutes to order it. It was obviously the language barrier (understandable), however others from our group on different tables had no problems. Best bit? It did not agree with my stomach AT ALL. Lesson learnt: in Thailand, eat Thai food, not Italian food.
It completely ruined my night as we went to a bar afterwards to drink but I felt too sick to do anything. One good thing though; this bar had good wifi so I spent the night reading up on facts about turbulence to set my mind at ease for my flight home.
It also started to thunder and lightning a lot on our journey to dinner which was awesome! Thailand have amazing lighting storms! I half hope there's one when we're at Koh Phangan so I can get the full effect.
Lets hope tomorrow I don't get ill again! (2 out of 4 days; I'm not doing very well!).
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